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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: The Race of Kings Is Today! The Biggest And Baddest Machines Of King Of The Hammers Are Racing LIVE Today Right Here!

This is it, the biggest and baddest of the bad attacking the rocks, sand, and dirt at Johnson Valley’s King of the Hammers! This is what all the week leads up to and is what many say is the...

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Sick Week 2026 Video With KSR and Alex Taylor Racing: 370 Miles And Then Rain Was Not How This Stop Was Supposed To Go!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 3 video blog post from Sick Week 2026 and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, Alex Taylor, and the Drag Drive Repeat boys are...

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Sick Week Day 3 Video: The Fast Cars Got a Surprise on Day 3 of Sick Week – Rain Delays And 40 MPH Winds!

After a long drive that really put everyone’s street manners to the test, Day 3 at Bradenton Motorsports Park was a wet and windy one. I know that lots of folks were excited about Sick Week...

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Sick Week 2026 Video Coverage: Drag, Drive, Repeat’s FULL Day 2 Video Coverage Is Right Here! All The Action!

The Drag, Drive, Repeat crew are in the house and ready to rock and roll through the rest of Sick Week 2026. And while we already shared their Day 2 points special, this video here is one that shows...

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Sick Week Drive Day Video: 370 Street Miles Prove Too Much For Some Racers And Brings More Bad News

370 miles is a real drive, and apparenlty more than a few of these racers could handle during Sick Week 2026. The drive from South Georgia all the way to Bradenton is a real drive and sometimes...

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Tool Tech: Have You Ever Seen A Screwdriver This Good? Testing And Reviewing Precision And Electric Screwdrivers

Let’s face it, there are plenty of times that the tools we are using on our hot rods and race cars are about as rudamentary as can be. Hammers, pry bars, even screw drivers sometimes. But then...

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Could This Be The First New 2014 Z28 Camaro To Crash? Check Out The Photos.

First off let me tell you that Ken Thwait, the owner and driver of said Z28 is one hell of a dude. On and off the track this guy is a bad ass, and while it broke my heart to see his brand new 2014...

Exclusive First Look: Pro Mod C7 Corvettes Are On The Way!

BangShift sources are telling us that Tim McAmis Race Cars is working on a new C7 Corvette Pro Mod Body that looks like this! Based on the rendering we have here, this might be the sleekest Pro Mod...

Ouch! Hot Rod Blocks Traffic After An Accident In New Zealand

(Photo: New Zealand Daily Herald/George Novak) It’s always cringeworthy when you hear of someone’s pride and joy getting wrecked. It’s seriously cringeworthy when you make the paper...

Johnny Depp’s “Black Mass” Has To Choose The Right Cars To Be Authentic. Did They?

Next year, Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and a cast of dozens will be starring in a film called Black Mass, a dramatization of the book of the same name by Boston Globe writers Dick Lehr and...

Ford F-100 Pickups Invade Anaheim For The 2014 F-100 Western Nationals

Back in 1982 when Gary Ewing and Wendell Smith first dreamed up the F-100 Western Nationals, as members of the Pickups Limited Truck Club, I’m sure they had absolutely no clue it would become...

Watch A Kid Scare The Hell Out Of His Dad In A Sleeper LS-Turbo Fairmont!

This is like a great version of a gearhead silent movie. While we don’t get to hear the conversation between the driver (son) and the passenger (dad) we do get to hear the turbocharged LS...

Craigslist Find: This 1959 Jeep Forward Control Truck Has Been Modified Into A Zombie Killing/Hunting Machine

We have to thank BangShifter ElkyGuy for this great find. The truck is a Jeep FC (forward control) pickup that has been highly modified into a sort of hunting luxury yacht which they can get into the...

2014 NHRA New England Nationals Coverage: Hordes Of Fans, High Speed Action, Exploding Fuel Cars, In Photos

(Photos by Rich Pasley) – We’re back with the mother load of killer Rich Pasley photos from the 2014 NHRA Auto Plus New England Nationals which were held at New England Dragway in Epping,...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Puppies and Purge Valves Always Get Me Down

It’s another afternoon behind the counter. The birds are chirping, the brake lathe is humming, and I’m trying to mitigate a headache. Part of this is because of allergies (yeah, that’s...

Rough Start: Save this Monte Carlo from Mediocrity

For today’s Rough Start, I decided to venture out of known comfort zones and went to the automotive black hole that is Lohnes’ backyard, Boston. I don’t know jack squat about Boston except they...

New Jeep Renegade Commercial – Hipsters Replaced Off-Roading

The last time I posted something about the upcoming Jeep Renegade cute-ute, I made it clear that it was the furthest thing possible from what a Jeep stood for. It’s tiny, underpowered, low,...

Larson Dominating In Sonoma K&N Series West Win

There’s a lot more to stock car racing than just the highly visible NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the super star drivers who race there.  Many other local and regional racing series run on the same...

The 2014 NHRA Auto Plus New England Nationals: Action From The Strip In Epping

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – It has been a beautiful weekend here in Epping, New Hampshire as the weather gods looked favorably upon the region’s drag racing fans and delivered four days...

Watch Mike Lettelier’s Massive COPO Wheelstands At The NHRA New England Nationals

There’s been lots of great action at the 2014 NHRA New England Nationals here in New Hampshire. From the tight competition of the sportsman classes to the thundering fury of the nitro powered...